Residents near Bordeaux are being offered up to €150 by local authorities to help them install anti-burglary measures such as ...

French author Laurent Mauvignier has been announced as the 2025 winner of the prestigious Prix Goncourt, the leading ...

The first residency cards are due for renewal but not all prefectures are taking up new simple online system Applicants for certain residency cards and citizenship need to get 80% right after January ...

Connexion meets Régis Defraye, a Dordogne mayor who has brought a dying village to life using collaboration and apolitical thinking ...

French MPs voted in favour of replacing France’s property wealth tax with a broader tax on ‘unproductive wealth’ during 2026 budget discussions on Friday (October 31). The change is not final: it must ...

In the east, heavy rain is expected throughout the day, and may lead to weather alerts being raised – check with state ...

I have lived in France for six years but my French is still basic. Part of the reason is isolation: I live alone in a small ...

A man and a woman have been reported missing after heavy rain caused the flooding of the Aygues river (Drôme) in south-east France. The missing couple contacted the emergency services at around 01:00 ...

A new high-speed TGV rail line in south-west France has overwhelming public support, claims the state agency in charge of building it. Work on the line, which will link Bordeaux, Toulouse and Dax, has ...

A British couple who moved to Dordogne to set up a highly-rated gîte and a farm have had their appeal against an order to leave France rejected – but remain determined to do everything possible to ...